Getting the Hackle Length Correct

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Re: Getting the Hackle Length Correct

Post by Old Hat » Tue Apr 19, 2016 6:01 pm

...Scissors

I'm cutting all mine to length this year so my box looks neat and I can prove to myself the fish don't care. :D

I'm not fishing any hippie flies this year!
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Re: Getting the Hackle Length Correct

Post by William Anderson » Tue Apr 19, 2016 11:14 pm

Carl, snip away. I fished and did well with a caddis pattern tied with a grouse hackle that was oversized but cut to the length to the bend. I did again today with a woodcock pattern. Works great. Not something you want to give to a fellow fisherman on the stream unless they've seen you doing well with one. They look odd but work great.

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